A Senior Lecturer in Access and Equity, and course coordinator of UniPrep programs at Edith Cowan University, WA. She is a two-times AAUT award winner including: a 2023 citation for outstanding contribution to Student Learning for co-designing the FlexiTrack in-schools Enabling program, and a 2024 award winner for programs that enhance learning for UniPrep. Her publications in the field of Enabling education focus on inclusive education, educator and student wellbeing and self-efficacy. She co-edited, Trauma-Informed Teaching in Non-traditional Spaces: Stories, Strategies and Scholarship (forthcoming 2026), with Anita Maclaurin and it is the largest cross-institutional outcome from the Mental Health and Wellbeing SIG. Angela is a passionate Enabling educator and advocate for social justice education, and the career development of academics in this space.

Anita Maclaurin is an AAUT award winning Enabling educator, a trained High School Teacher and Creative Arts Therapist. She has been a Lecturer for University Preparation Pathways at Murdoch University since 2013. Currently she is the Program Coordinator of FlexiTrack High. Previously an International Baccalaureate teacher, a Curriculum Coordinator, and a Teaching and Learning coach, Anita brings to the Enabling space 25 years of diverse teaching experience. Her teaching and learning approaches are underpinned by social justice and constructivist theory, educational psychology and creative pedagogical process. She aims to facilitate learning through conscious language use, explicit reflection on the learning journey and intentionally creating safe and positive learning communities. Her research focus is on authentic and engaging Enabling programs, holistic curriculum design, trauma informed pedagogies and the emotional labour demands on Enabling educators. Her most recent project is lead editorl on Trauma-Informed Teaching in Non-traditional Spaces: Stories, Strategies and Scholarship (forthcoming 2026).